Laurence the towel’s dad Lenny came into a parcel of candles this week.
They were a tidy line in a little glass container and a presentation box but they weren’t selling.
Lenny noticed that all the girls would pick the sample up, smell it, and then put it down again.
So he went to Janine two stalls down and bought a can of haze air freshener.
After dousing the top of the candles with the aroma of lavender they flew out.
He never said they were scented.
It reminded me of another blinding parcel of men’s dress shirts he once had. Packed beautifully in smart boxes with a Perspex front displaying both the collar and the cuffs.
It wasn’t until you opened the box that you realised that they were only the collar and cuffs.
He never actually said they were shirts.
Buyer beware.
That’s this week’s report from Pete the market trader. The man on the street. Literally.
